[unclesomebody]

this is the answer to my prayers. I HATE youtube, googlevideo, etc because the quality of the footage is so bad that is becomes almost a chore to watch it. Well, here comes Stage6. It is the same idea as youtube etc but actually features decent high quality footage. Of course, as quality gets higher bandwidth consumption becomes ever greater. But with most people having atleast a 2Mb internet connection (I'm on 4-5Mb) I don't think bandwidth is a real issue anymore. So, leave all that low res shit behind and get with the times.

http://stage6.divx.com/

I will be solely using this from now on and I suggest others do the same for their "non quality bouldering videos".

[Adam Lincoln]

Nice Unc, good find! Ill not bother with the footage from the tor today as it doesnt even make the non quality chuffing videos!, ill save stage6 for some half decent stuff.....

[SA Chris]

Nice. In the process of trying to edit some Clova footage, will put it there.

[Mike Tyson]

Hey Uncle.

I have been trying to load video's onto the site for ages, and it aint working. You or anyone else for that matter had any joy?

[neil h]

some high quality shit on there   

[lagerstarfish]

I've found it easy and reliable to put high res shit on stage 6. Can't get it to embed anywhere though. Great for Friends and family who might want to download it. Way better quality-for-speed than owt else when its working (sometimes awesome).
They don't seem to be too bothered by copyright breaches as long as you aren't trying to post whole box office movies. The "Movies we would like to see" (http://stage6.divx.com/Movies-we-would-like-to-see) channel seems to sum up their relaxed attitude - and is piss funny. I'd like to see "Stone Monkey Vs The Hobbits" with the sound track from http://stage6.divx.com/Movies-we-would-like-to-see/video/1212865/Dance-with-the-Hobbits! or Riverdance. Anyone got the time to do it?

[lagerstarfish]

Interestingly, stage6 have recently removed a lot of the full length films that were up on their site - inc Hard Grit, Dosage 2 and a load of hollywood shite. All blatant copyright breaches. Hopefuly making more space for non-quality bouldering vids.
Revver.com is good for free hosting and better quality than youtube, but they stick ads on your clips. It is as easy to embed revver clips in HTML as it is youtube.

[neil h]

all I can say is


www.redtube.com


18's only

[unclesomebody]

Some news from Stage6, RIP;

   I'm Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I'm writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you'll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.

I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I'd like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.

We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.

In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it's possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.

So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it's really as simple as that.

Now, why didn't we think of that before we decided to create Stage6 in the first place, you may ask? That's a good question. When we first created Stage6, there was a clear need for a service that would offer a true high-quality video experience online because other video destinations on the Internet simply weren't providing that to users. A gap existed, and Stage6 arrived to fill it.

As Stage6 grew quickly and dramatically (accompanied by an explosion of other sites delivering high-quality video), it became clear that operating the service as a part of the larger DivX business no longer made sense. We couldn't continue to run Stage6 and focus on our broader strategy to make it possible for anyone to enjoy high-quality video on any device. So, in July of last year we announced that we were kicking off an effort to explore strategic alternatives for Stage6, which is a fancy way of saying we decided we would either have to sell it, spin it out into a private company or shut it down.

I won't (and can't, really) go into too much detail on those first two options other than to say that we tried really hard to find a way to keep Stage6 alive, either as its own private entity or by selling it to another company. Ultimately neither of those two scenarios was possible, and we made the hard decision to turn the lights off and cease operation of the service.

So that's where we are today. After February 28, Stage6 will cease to exist as an online destination. But the larger DivX universe will continue to thrive. Every day new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to move video beyond the PC. Products powered by DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, music and Internet services from the PC to the TV, are hitting retail outlets. We remain committed to empowering content creators to deliver high-quality video to a wide audience, and we'll continue to offer services that will make it easy to find videos online in the DivX format.

It's been a wild ride, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our users. Thank you for making Stage6 everything that it was.

--Tom

[Bubba]

bollocks

[Johnny Brown]

In summary - we created a great service but failed to make a business out of it.
Same business school as Gravity magazine?

[lagerstarfish]

Oh dear. Any alternative suggestions?

[unclesomebody]

Oh dear. Any alternative suggestions?

www.vimeo.com